Teen Reacts To Pink Floyd - Animals Album Reaction Pt. 1!!! 

It's nice to see how a boy of your age follows the music of the PF with attention and maturity, maturity that often not even us, contemporaries of the group and older than yours, were able to put in a single listening session. I speak for myself, of course, in that period recently married with all the problems of the case on my mind. In fact this album (and all the others by PF, to be honest), have been the soundtrack of my life for almost 50 years and, seeing young people playing this music, without preconceptions about its seniority, makes me happy and still helps me more to enjoy it when I can. Good work. - Greetings from Italy...

It’s amazing that Pink Floyd’s music still sounds more innovative and unique than anything being produced today, 40 to 50 years after they recorded it. Finish this album and The Wall, then you’ll be ready to take on their 1994 Pulse concert recording, which includes live performances of their best known songs as well as the entire Dark Side of the Moon album. That concert is easily one of the best of all time and will take your appreciation of the band’s talent and genius to a whole new level you can’t even imagine now.

I bought this album on cassette for a dollar at a garage sale when I was 14 (early 90s). I played it so much I wore the tape out and eventually bought the CD

It's clear you're joining the club of people who are just staggered by Pink Floyd lol. If you've not seen it you gotta, react to Echoes by pink floyd, specifically the Live at Pompeii version, it is amazing

Summer 1977…a young 14 year old boy discovers his older brother’s stash while that brother is at work. Curious, he decides to help himself to a couple of “puffs” to see what everyone is talking about….and that’s when he notices an album on the turntable. He puts the Koss headphones on, drops the needle on the first side of Animals, and forever changes his life.

This is my favorite PF album, though Dark Side and Wish You Were Here, as well as The Wall are great too. I'm glad you are discovering these albums as I did many years ago. Sheep is my personal favorite on this album, but every song is great. Once you revisit these, definitely follow along with the lyrics, they have a lot to say. Great reactions, keep up the good work Silas.

Lyrics.. Lyrics ! Combined with amazing psychodelic Music .. That is why my young friend this music lasted nearly 50 years .

Really enjoying your Pink Floyd journey; you should consider doing a Rush discography in the future,a very deep rabbit hole

This album is finally being released next month in 5.1 on SACD and Blu-ray.

I am really loving your content Silas. And you get music like this on many levels, which is great. I am eagerly awaiting part 2 because it contains "Sheep", one of the best songs they ever recorded IMO.

"Dogs" is intoxicating, the best word i could describe it

FYI: the dogs you hear barking were actually played on the keyboards….

Dude, ur on the right way. Now ur approaching to the correct song step by step. Waiting for you to react to “Echoes”.

14:54 DUDE.......you don't even know what's about yo hit you. Richard Wright is about to lay down one of the most iconic Moog synthesizer leads of all time.....! Serious goosebumps !

Have you read Animal Farm? I'm sure others commenting have mentioned it. It's not a particularly long book, but very effective. You can see where the inspiration came from, and how effective the music is together with the words.

I saw this show in Cleveland 77. It was unbelievable. All these years later and l still remember it.

If you are ready for some ballsy rock music, react to Deep Purple "In Rock" (1970). It is awesome!

So .. I grew up with pinkfloyed, supertramp, genesis, Beatles, queen, electric light orchestra, Fleetwood Mac , mic Oldfield and others . But I always remember the first time I heard Jeff Wayne's war of the world's.. this was going back to when I was seven . I had a Walkman that year for my birthday and this particular night I had been woken by a recurring nightmare . So my dad gave me the copy of Jeff Wayne's war of the world to go to sleep to .. it was such an awesome experience. And I went to sleep to that for the whole week each day getting a little further into it .. it is an awesome album that I think you would enjoy . Electro music made in 1978 Narrated in between telling the story of one reporter trying to get home to his girlfriend/wife amidst the invasion from Mars . Set like the book in England in the Victorian/Edwardian turn of the 20 th century.. a. Awesome experience of you have already hear Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds: music.ru-vid.com/group/OLAK5uy_nXai-31nSowrCYTcV5BrSnjKOKCqxoAY4&feature=share Would.love.to see you and your girls reaction.

Your reactions are so wholesome.

Stone... stone... stone... stone... stone...

The bass lines during the final solo in Pigs are just orgasmic

Most people have either heard of or heard Dark Side of the Moon. I, as most, listened to that first. When I first heard this, it QUICKLY became my favorite Floyd album, with Sheep being the favorite track. You can say what you want about Dar Side and we can't can't take anything from that album, but Animals is a stone cold Masterpiece. Sonically, musically, and conceptually.

You need to watch Pink Floyd PULSE remastered 2019 videos. This was there 1994 concert.

Growing up I heard a little Pink Floyd on the radio but never knew how much I'd like them until I decided to buy albums.

I saw the "Animals" tour live in 1977 at Milwaukee County Stadium when I was 17 years old. We were on 3rd base and there was a giant Pig balloon that exploded and we could feel the heat and concussion when it blew up. It must have had several sticks of TNT in it.

Funny how I see most kids his age listen to new music they just sit there straight face playing video games just goes to show how this truly was the best music ever written

Pink Floyd as a teen... all those years to come Waiting... to follow the worms

Hi Silas! I want to let you know that there is a DVD ( movie) called, Pink Floyd The Wall. I think it you would enjoy watching it, because it is done to the music from Pink Floyd The Wall album and it might help you understand what the lyrics is about! Enjoy!!!

A brilliant album, of course. But so raw, angry, and full of pain, that it's sometimes hard to listen to. I played it a lot as a teenager, in the 80s, and it was perfect...

One of my favorite albums!!!

David gimour is the most expressive guitar player there is,and he never plays fast or a million note just what's needed.

"Dark side of the moon seemed much more experimental" then he proceeds to listen 10 minutes of dogs barking with some synth on top haha

the greatest track for air guitar!

Hi Silas. I was just wondering what headphones are you using? Thanks.

Definitely do a lyric video or have the lyrics ready. Awesome lyrics, some of the best music ever made!

Silas, please, when you want you must listen to King Crimson ( In the court of the Crimson King) This albums is Iconic to. Very, very good. And, for me other band that you nee listen is Jethro Tull (Agualoong, for example) Of course Deep Purple (Made in Japan) and...etc, etc....jajajaja

Exellent👍

Best Pink Floyd album for me , great reaction 😄🤟

The lyrics on this album are based on the concepts presented in George Orwell's book Animal Farm (1945) which takes a farm full of animals and uses them to tell a story about the perils of totalitarianism and authoritarian governments. In the book each animal represents a different element of society, the workers, the owners the police, etc etc. Here the Dogs represent the cold and calculating business men, the ones who mercilessly and ruthlessly manipulate and exploit everyone around them, until they are left to die alone in their old age, reaping the cancer they have sown. The Pigs represent the ruling and political class, with very specific references to contempary 70s political figures. The Sheep represent the common people, mindlessly waiting their turn for their harvesting. The lyrics of Dogs are the best, but Sheep also has great lyrics. Pigs is just a great jam.

"And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around" - what an amazing line. The lyrics are incredible but when those two guitar notes play, it just knocks me back every time. Dogs is probably my favourite song on my favourite album... Until I listen to another Pink Floyd album. They're all so amazing in their own unique way. Great reactions - keep it up, still some mind-blowing stuff ahead.

Im 65 yrs old. Its great seeing young people digging music that I grew up on. Pink Floyd is badass and never gets old. Keep rockin young brother.

I've heard DSOTM too many times. This has long been my favourite Pink Floyd album. Brilliant lyrics and concept and I think Gilmour's guitar work reaches new heights.

You really need to do this one with the lyrics. I know, I sound like a broken record, but the lyrics are an absolute masterpiece.

You made this old Hippie proud my man! The best reaction I have yet to see to PF. Thank you for the huge smile I have on my face as I type this comment! You now have this music for the rest of your life and trust me it never gets old and you will hear something new with every listen! To use a phrase from my past "far-fucking out"....Jack

As I’ve been revisiting Pink Floyd with a variety of reactors over the past year or so I keep going back and forth as to which album is my favorite. Right now it’s Animals. The song Dogs is the perfect combination of the band’s range of brilliant music coupled with lyrics which best express Waters’ robust cynicism about the world. “And it’s too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around. “

Dogs and Sheep...2 of my favorites from this album. Enjoying your videos. Keep up the good work!

I highly HIGHLY suggest before you get to The Wall you read the WHOLE story first before you listen to it. It will make the experience 100 times better, because otherwise it's very confusing because the story is mostly in metaphors through the lyrics. And watch the movie afterwards too, I don't think anyone has done a reaction on the movie yet. It's trippy AF.

Geez = what more can you say - I've been mesmerized by PF for 50 years, and David Gilmour is second to none with guitar expression. GOAT

Loved your review. I think you’ve been well and truly Floyded!!

Great reaction. I knew you were going to enjoy Dogs. Based on your reaction with your girlfriend I think she will enjoy Echoes from thier earlier album Meddle. You will love the guitar and drums too.

Jajajajaj. Delicious .....Very funny, very exciting to see you listening this magical music. Great Pink Floid. To me the best progessive rock's band. All their musicians are a genius too.

I love lots of guitarists but my heart almost literally soars and swoops with David Gilmour when he does a solo. The swell in that first solo still takes my breath away like it did yours.

Great reaction!... I'd suggest reviewing Floyd's live at Pompeii DVD from 1972 to watch the band begin to hit their heights of their creativity, the atmospheric beauty of the movie in the ancient ruined amphitheatre of Pompeii, with their music is stunning!...not to mention their tightness as a, band. Believe me Its a sight and sound to behold , especially "One of these days" and the epic" Echoes.

One of the great things you'll find about Pink Floyd is they don't repeat themselves. Yet they only spent the 70s continually putting out some of the best music ever committed to vinyl. Animals doesn't sound like Dark Side or the lush flowing arrangements of Wish You Were Here or the stark reality on The Wall. I mean, it is all there in certain respects but never in an attempt to duplicate prior successes.

You gotta understand the Animals, dogs, pigs, sheep, and you are doing this perfectly it’s all one not individual songs, it’s one big experience and the lyrics are deep if anything Pink Floyd effects perception and outlook. David’s guitar is always brilliant some of the greatest solos EVER! ENJOY YOUNG TRAVELER.

No band quite like Pink Floyd, and no one would mistake David Gilmour guitar work with any other guitarist alive, his playing is so unique you would never mistake him with anyone else! His emits sooo much emotion in his playing, you "feel" his guitar riffs, his Stratocaster speaks from his soul. I've been playing guitar for almost 50 years, and I've seen virtually all the great Rock guitarists from the 70s and into the 80's. His use of 4 step bends, emotionally filled riffs, double stops, string inflections, and pauses is unequaled imo. Gilmour instinctively knows when a pause adds more to the solo than constantly playing, many guitarists these days don't understand the affect a pause, now and then adds to a song. Gilmour has a purposefulness and inventiveness in his solos, a rise and fall in many of his solos is very powerful. In fact, Pink Floyd uses a musical rise and fall in many of their songs. Imo, he says more with a few notes, some big bends, etc. than other guitarists do playing a bajillion notes a minute!

Just a note to say that the Pig inflatable broke free and floated across southern England. This Album is where Rodger started to try to take over the band hence the aggravation with other members that opened a rift that has never healed even to this day. The subject matter began to get much darker and gloomier which was fine for this album and The Wall but by the time ‘the final cut was released it began to get boreing as well as depressing and I for one was delighted when Rodger left and the remaining three were able to get back to a more varied and brighter feel for the last two real albums (the final album was after Rick had died and was a loose collection of fragments that had been recorded before his death). Oh by the way you should go back to check out Atom heart mother and more especially Meddle.

Man!!! I've been waiting for you to react to this! Can we agree that those guitar solos are the MVP of this Jam. Really enjoyed your reaction, maybe you should turn your girlfriend on to this and record her reactions. Anyways, I'm gonna share your reaction to a friend who believes that the younger generation doesn't know of Pink Floyd. This will be proof that their legacy will continue. Be Cool Man Peace 😎🤘✌️💯

I'm from the generation that had all the great bands...most of us knew even then just how good some of them were, Floyd was one of those bands, there are others of course, and because of young people like you discovering this amazing music, and THEN, loving it...just like we did, back then...Rock ON, Rock brother..enjoy your musical journey, you'll find it changes you, in a good way...you'll understand as you get older...Rock ON!!

I watch Your reactions ... And it brings me back to 1977 in High School .. making the Same reactions ha ... Nice to See and Hear Younger Fans become New fans .. Keep it Up little Brother .. for some Lyrics to Think to - Try Pink Floyd's "The Wall" .. a Long Album but Worth the Time ... Peace to You

Great to see you getting into Pink Floyd! My fav band growing up. The Animals album is loosely based on “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. Check out some of the videos on the band’s history if you get a chance. The album “Wish You Were Here” is based on the life of Syd Barrett, the original founder of PF, who lost his sanity after their first album was released in 1967, (probably from a combination of Schizophrenia and too much LSD). He was replaced by guitarist David Gilmour, who was a high school friend of Barrett’s.

Easily my favourite Floyd album. Nice reaction to Dogs.

I think Pigs is my favorite on this album. The dog sounds I believe are done by a synth

All of humanity divided among dogs, pigs, and sheep. A fascinating and effective philosophical concept. Amazing, fantastical music to be sure but yes, do concentrate on those lyrics. Indeed, have the printed lyrics in front of you for "Sheep" or you'll miss a lot on your first listen. Once you have digested "Animals", do move on to hearing "The Wall". Afterward, be sure to watch the motion picture. Invite some friends for the viewing. It'll blow your minds!

I know that you intend to move on after finishing Animals and leave The Wall for another time. But, I would encourage you to listen to Echoes from the Meddle album before you leave Floyd for awhile. Utterly gorgeous, beautiful lyrics. A totally immersive, trippy experience.

Dark Side of the Moon is a Success. Way way over played. This is my Pink Floyd go to. The restraint on the guitar is mind blowing. Sometimes it feels like the guitar doesn't WANT to be played but it's getting played anyways. This song is EVERYTHING i want in a song from Pink Floyd!!!!

Ah sweet I was wondering if you were gonna react to this. Great choice. Hope you react to The Wall next too. You'll love it trust me.

To hear this album for the first time.....I envy you.

Hi Silas! I’m enjoying your Pink Floyd rabbit hole. I knew you’d be blown away by this album. The lyrics are amazing. When I found out it’s loosely based on Animal Farm I went out and read the book. “You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to so that, when they turn their backs a on you, you’ll get the chance to put the knife in”. Dogs and sheep are my favorites from this album. Keep rocking!

It looks like you're particularly loving the guitar solos. I'd recommend two live Floyd songs to see David Gilmour in all his glory. Comfortably Numb and Sorrow from the Pulse show are two of the most beautiful guitar performances out there. No other version would compare, and they're both on youtube recently released in a new "Pulse Restored and Re-edited" version, so the quality is top notch.

Listening to a Pink Floyd composition can be a little overwhelming first time around. Just kick back open your heart and mind, and let it enfold you. BTW, the release of Animals in 1977 marks the moment the flying/floating pig becomes an iconic symbol of Pink Floyd. A giant inflatable pig would appear in some form or another hovering over the audiences at every concert from then on. 🐖

Loved when the huge inflatable pigs came out in concert!

Yes, the music is always awesome. But to really appreciate PF you need to pay attention to the lyrics.

I subscribed to your channel, because I just love your reaction to pink Floyd..it takes me back to my childhood, discovering Floyd at age 14...I dived right in...emotionally, spiritually...whilst many of my peers were listening to what was popular in the early 90's , I was deconstructing pink Floyd 😂.. They had... and have an almost cathartic influence on my psyche, unlike any other band , especially their golden era of albums, Meddle, dark side of the moon, wish you were here, Animals and The Wall.

Just love this album especially dogs love your reaction keep up the good work

You could search for lyrics and have them displayed on your screen as you listen. Words are a distinct centrepiece of a song. No matter how trite, but better if it is more meaningful, complex or cryptic. The music is the part that holds it together and makes it listenable. In the past with no internet we'd play the songs over and over again to get the lyrics so we could sing along.

Can‘t wait for your reaction to the 2. Side!

I'm 62 now but when I was 18 I had this music in my head. So when I was in the Army in boot camp doing the rush marsh with backpack and weapon for 5 miles it was a breeze. One foot keeping up with the foot in front of me. In life when things go south, sometimes all you have to do is play that music, and you will be fine. It works for me. Even till this day.

Not sure if you'll see my comment but I urge you to delve into Heart's music. Their first four albums are masterpieces. Alivia will love them as well. Hope you can give a listen. Keep up the good work!

Great reaction. Glad to see you’re enjoying it. Can’t wait to see part two. ❤️✌️🌼

Hey Silas! Thank you, once again, for the great and honest reactions. This is a song that came later in my life than it should've. I was about 19 when I heard Animals for the first time, as, when I was growing up through high school, and a bit later, music wasn't as integral to my life as it is now. But, once I heard Dogs, I knew, for one of the first times in my music education, what the songwriter was feeling. The entire outro monologue, "Who was born in a house full of pain," onwards, perfectly encapsulated my life, and a level of clarity hit me. Of course, I was still screwing my life up, so after that point, everything I did, I had the keen understanding that it was on me from that point, as I'd already absolved my upbringing of any more pain that it had already caused me. I digress. What I mean to say here is this: That outro was me. 110%. I was under enough thumbs to make one really messed-up hand. One of those thumbs, I didn't learn until later, was my own. I was a "gifted" child. For all my physical and medical maladies, I more than made up for it with my mind. An IQ hovering around 160, having graduated high school with high honors at 16, and, had my mom listened to the school board when they told her I needed to be advanced further than I was (I'd started school at 4, and was placed in first grade after 2 weeks of kindergarten, but they wanted to place me in third grade), and had I had the motivation to challenge myself instead of cruise by with the gifts I had naturally, I estimate I could have finished high school by 12. My home environment, however, was not conducive to growth or healthy maturation. I'd grown up real fast, because I'd had to. Having to call the cops on my dad to protect my mom when I was 6--among other things--will do that to a person. For some years, I worried that I was fated to become like Roger Waters, and I didn't know what to do. I didn't know I could change it. I'd been tied at the hip with my mom for the first 16 years of my life, and as fate had decided, the family came with me when I went to university. That was the beginning of the end, for me. I had no understanding that my life could be any different than it was, because, to that point, that's all I'd known. Some people hear those things that Roger talks about, and it pushes them to be different. I heard those things, and I felt the crushing weight of my impending destiny/fate. It was like Cthulhu had been released and was coming directly for me, and no one else. I was convinced, for a long time, as recently as two years ago, this week, that I was fated to burn bright and die out soon. I'm struggling through trying to find a path where that first bit is true, while the second part isn't. This. This is why Dogs is my favorite Pink Floyd track, and probably my favorite song of all-time. It's felt like David and Roger were talking to me, that Nick and Rick were helping to provide the soundtrack to my backstory and my downfall. Never have I had a piece of music speak to me like this. I've been motivated, moved to tears, made completely immovable, by music before, but never this. This was simultaneously a weight pressing down on me, and a weight off my shoulders. Hearing this song, among a slew of other things, good and bad, are what led me down the path I'm on now, one of redemption, one of realizing self-worth, one of doing the things I want to do in life, one of daring to create something that lasts longer here than I do. As Roger implied, sometimes, a pat on the back is patronizing, and what you really need is a kick in the pants.

Brilliant tones, composition, drama - Wall to Wall Awesome! :) Are you aware that stuff at this level is still being composed? Try the album Anesthetise by Porcupine Tree. Or, My Wilderness by The Pineapple Thief. If you want to stay in the '70's, Queen's A Night at the Opera is a knock-out, esp. Side 2.

Be the first to react to Pink Floyd's 'Come in number 51, your time is up' #BeTheReactor

When you get to RUSH 2112 (and I have no doubts you will soon enough) make sure for side 1 at least that you do the whole thing at once and have somebody who's never heard it with you to see what you both interpret. Pink Floyd such a vibe eh!

i gotta say, your the first reactor that is doing it the right way (when it comes to the floyd) you have to do the albums in order, and not just songs, but entire album or half (pt1/pt2) with their music its always intertwined ,,transition between songs that create a "feeling/mood" im enjoying watching you go through this catalog i love seeing someone discovering the floyd for the first time"virgin floydsters", im 60 so i remember when they were making these records and i turned my daughter on to the wall on dual cassettes and a walkman,she was 12 and that was in 1994, she is SUPERFAN every since,,so i turned her on to your channel and she is enjoying watching your reactions as well,,,,,,welcome aboard my friend,,,,"welcome to the machine"

Best Pink Floyd Album

David Gilmour is the perfect guitarist for Pink Floyd, as Alex Lifeson is for Rush.

I'm a Dogs and Sheep kind of guy....wait, that doesn't sound right. Love this album.

Wohooo super excited, favourite Pink Floyd Album 😁 6.30 - 'dark side of the moon seemed more experimental to me'...... wait for it 🤣🤣🤣

Yeah, there are many good synth sounds, Moogs, ARPs, VCS3, and real electro-mechanical Rhodes electric piano, and a Hammond Organ. The guitars, drums, and keyboards all play together so well. It's great enjoying this music, and seeing/hearing people discovering it. Really fantastic stuff from Pink Floyd.

Yep best PF album ever, followed closely by 'Division Bell' album 😎👍

No music has ever made feel more alive than Pink Floyd. Truly out of this world. When I listen I go to a Beautiful place that I can't explain.

Silas….perhaps printing out the lyrics beforehand would be helpful? That way, you don’t have to worry about “catching” them. We had an advantage back in the day in that many bands often printed their lyrics on the inside album cover……or on the back cover. That helped. You might wish to go back and read the lyrics from DSOTM and WYWH….very deep.

Next month the long awaited Sonic version arrives delayed as Gilmour/waters bickering on Liner notes 📝 they be 5.1 surround stereo and Scad versions with different price points .dogs updated July of this year !!!!!

IMO wish you were here is their most moving, affecting song-but Dogs is their compositional masterpiece. Better instrumentals in their catalog don’t have these lyrics and none of their most clever songs are a full on suite like this. As I interpret it, the first half is the alpha male worker as alpha dog, explaining how he gets over and runs the system to get what he wants. The second half of the song exposes him as a pawn, expendable, just a loyal dog fighting for his scraps. The REAL powers are the pigs. It’s the most imaginative and damning exposition of 20th century modern life I’ve ever heard in song.

One last thought: in less civil times a sometimes thing to do with unwanted puppies was to drown them with stones in a river or lake. What a chilling metaphor for the human condition in 1970s England: “who was dragged down, by the stone.”

One of my favorite Pink Floyd albums

Contrary to the popular tastes, I think that Animals is a superior album than Wish You Were Here, for a multitude of reasons.

This album perfectly describes types of people sheep dogs and pigs which also includes political references to those personality types

The album Wish you were here was after Dark side and the band had recorded so much material for that album they thought they should turn it into a double album with Animals, but the record company said no!!